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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > BSS: Bisexual Super Son > Archie Comics: Riverdale, Sonic, Megaman, New Crusaders, Zombies
 
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Timeless Appeal
May 28, 2006

feetnotes posted:

I actually haven't watched the show yet cause I think I might hate it. If it's JUST "This ain't your daddy's Archie :mrapig: I prolly won't dig it but I have to give it a shot before I decide!
It's weird because the show is really, really true to the characters but just in a Gossip Girl context. So, you get a scene where Jughead is investigating a murder. But he's investigating it at Pop's and Pop's looks exactly like Pop's and he steals his witness's ice cream while he grills him. And he's still wearing the crown. He's unarguably Jughead, just in a world with a different set of rules. It's also worth noting that it's a show that lets Veronica just strive as a character. It's a great performance and her threatening to scorch the Earth on privileged miscreants--her words--after being slut shamed works because it's over the top in a way that feels true to the character.

It's loyal to the comics without being true to them. It's also a comedy that never tips its hat or winks, but clearly knows how ridiculous it is. For all it's too clever dialogue, it still lets its characters do the work.

EDIT: Also spoiler about Grundy, turns out that Ms. Grundy is not just really old, but dead. And whoever Archie is sleeping with stole her identity.

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